Increasing numbers of people are wearing jewellery, with beads among the most popular forms. Everywhere we see dainty clusters of beads in earrings, long strings of beads in necklaces and bracelets, sculpted glass 'feature beads' in pendants, brooches, bangles and rings. This new contemporary art jewellery features beads from around the world, including crystal beads from Europe, pottery beads from South America, silver beads from South-East Asia, colourful seed beads from Southern Africa, wooden beads from the Pacific Islands and tiny cylinder-seed beads from Japan.
Dax Designs offers three product lines, each at the cutting edge of contemporary art jewellery.
Beadweaving. We offer original designs, hand-crafted to world-class professional standards. Our designs are made into necklaces, bracelets and earrings - as stand-alone items or in matching sets. Each item comes with a history of its design and a description of its construction. Dax Designs was a finalist in the 2005 Sydney Bead and Gem Show; our piece, Deco Tartan won first prize in the 'Wearable Beads' category. Abalone Dreams was a finalist in the same category.
Feature beads and cabochons. Each item in this product line is unique - a one-off piece of art jewellery, hand-crafted from an original design to world-class professional standards.
'Revisioning'. This line of 'wearable history' consists of jewellery from past times reworked in part or in whole into contemporary items with the distinctive Dax Designs 'look'. Each item comes with a brief story about its history, together with some pointers for those who'd like to know more.
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